Improvement in truss-pads



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEO HENRY J. CHILDS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUSS-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,631, dated August25, 1863; antedated June 4, 1863.

l part ot' this specitication, wherein- Figure 1 is a' perpective viewof said truss. Fig. L. is an elevation ot' the front pad, and Fig. 3 isan elevation of a diierent'shaped front pad.

Similar marks ot` reference denote the same parts.

The nature of my inventiony consists in making the truss-pads asbrushes, whereby ventilation is insured, and the parts do not be comeaffected by con tined perspiration, and the brush setting against theparts ofthe body prevents the pads moving and the truss becomingdisarranged. Hence in my truss no straps are required to fasten itinplace, and the body is as free to move as if without a truss, and at thesame time the rupture is properly supported, and thorough ventilationinsured through the pads.

In the drawings, c is the elliptical trussspring, at one end of whichholes 1 l are provided, through one of which a screw, 2, passes toattach the back beam, b. c c are pads screwed on near the ends of thisbeam b, holes being provided for that purpose, as at 3 3. d is the frontpad, which may be either round, as in Fig. 3. or elliptical, as in Figs.l and 2,' and the conjugate axis of said ellipsis may be at right anglesto or coincide with the spring a, according to the nature ot' therupture to be supported. The pads c c and dare to be formed, as brushes,of hairs or bristles of greater or less stii'ness, according to the ageor convenience of the party wearing the same; and I prefer that a smallpiece ot" lint be laid upon the body beneath the brush as tending topreserve the brush in a cleaner condition. When desired, or when thebrush becomes pressed down or matted together, it may be washed orcombed out to straighten the hairs. Pads made in this manner allowperspiration to escape freely, and at the same time they retain theirposition, and are not liable to slip or become displaced. The pad 0l isattaehed by a screw, 4, through one of the holes 5, and a metal troughor bearing-plate, 6, may be provided to receive the spring c.

To apply this truss, the screw 2 is to he passed through one of theholes l 1, so that the center of the beam b will come over the base ofthe spine, and the pads c c are to be attached at such distance apart atthe holes 3 3 that said pads will take a bearing against the back oneach side of the muscles adjoining the spine, and the front pad, d. isattached at the proper hole, 5, so as to cover the rupture. assume anydesired position in Walking, running, sitting, or lying, as the spring ayields to any increase or decrease of distance between the pads c c andd, and said spring a turns on the screw 2 without moving the beam l1 orpads c c.v The piece ot' lint between the pad and the skin also tends tomake the truss more comfortable to the wearer and prevent anyirritation.

This truss can be worn on either side of the body without changing Vtheshape of any of the parts.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

Forming the truss pad or pads of brushes for the purposes and as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy signature this 21st day ofAugust, 1862.

HENRY J. CHILDS.

Witnesses LEMUEL W. SEREELL, Unas. H. SMITH,

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